“Corps Saxonia Jena” shows portraits of members of different age of a students’ fraternity. The series of portraits display various personalities within the students Corps.

Corps Saxonia Jena is one of the oldest fraternities in Jena. The fraternity is proud of its vivid traditions and lives by a principle of tolerance. At Saxonia it is an obligation to fence and to wear the “Couleur”. In contrary to other fraternities, the Corps sets high value on character building of the individual, regardless of denomination, color of skin or political opinion. The corps shapes a sincere companionship for generations, from the young ”fox” to the “old man”.

My work emphasizes the distinctiveness of the individual personalities within the Corps. I show the men in their different positions and stages of their personality development.

By entering a slightly antiquated microcosm which is concealed from the public, the portraits seem anachronistic and peculiarly foreign. This impression is strengthened by the tranquility and the ego-centrism of the self-portrait, which is created by the tangible confidence.